GB2361436B - Golf ball containing gel - Google Patents

Golf ball containing gel

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Publication number
GB2361436B
GB2361436B GB0117338A GB0117338A GB2361436B GB 2361436 B GB2361436 B GB 2361436B GB 0117338 A GB0117338 A GB 0117338A GB 0117338 A GB0117338 A GB 0117338A GB 2361436 B GB2361436 B GB 2361436B
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Prior art keywords
golf ball
containing gel
ball containing
gel
golf
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Expired - Fee Related
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GB0117338A
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GB2361436A (en
GB0117338D0 (en
GB2361436A8 (en
Inventor
Michael J Sullivan
Iii Thomas J Kennedy
Robert Dennis Nesbitt
Mark L Binette
Michael John Tzivanis
John Leonard Nealon
John T Neill
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Top Flite Golf Co
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Top Flite Golf Co
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B37/00—Solid balls; Rigid hollow balls; Marbles
    • A63B37/0003—Golf balls
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C08—ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON
    • C08L—COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS
    • C08L101/00—Compositions of unspecified macromolecular compounds
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B37/00—Solid balls; Rigid hollow balls; Marbles
    • A63B37/02—Special cores
    • A63B37/08—Liquid cores; Plastic cores
    • A63B2037/085—Liquid cores; Plastic cores liquid, jellylike
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B37/00—Solid balls; Rigid hollow balls; Marbles
    • A63B37/0003—Golf balls
    • A63B37/007—Characteristics of the ball as a whole
    • A63B37/0072—Characteristics of the ball as a whole with a specified number of layers
    • A63B37/0075—Three piece balls, i.e. cover, intermediate layer and core
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S273/00—Amusement devices: games
    • Y10S273/20—Weighted balls
GB0117338A 1999-01-22 1999-12-22 Golf ball containing gel Expired - Fee Related GB2361436B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US11676499P 1999-01-22 1999-01-22
US09/239,587 US6186906B1 (en) 1999-01-22 1999-01-29 Gel matrix golf ball
PCT/US1999/030620 WO2000043449A1 (en) 1999-01-22 1999-12-22 Golf ball containing gel

Publications (4)

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GB0117338D0 GB0117338D0 (en) 2001-09-05
GB2361436A GB2361436A (en) 2001-10-24
GB2361436A8 GB2361436A8 (en) 2001-11-07
GB2361436B true GB2361436B (en) 2003-08-06

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GB0117338A Expired - Fee Related GB2361436B (en) 1999-01-22 1999-12-22 Golf ball containing gel

Country Status (6)

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US (1) US6186906B1 (en)
JP (1) JP2002535058A (en)
AU (1) AU760644B2 (en)
CA (1) CA2357779A1 (en)
GB (1) GB2361436B (en)
WO (1) WO2000043449A1 (en)

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